Agni Purana — Chapter 119
AgP 119.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे भारतवर्षं नामाष्टादशाधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ छप्तेर् {११९} :श् अथैकोनविंशत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः महाद्वीपादि अग्निर् उवाच लक्षयोजनविस्तारं जम्बूद्वीपं समावृतम् :न् १ शक्तिमानृक्षपर्वत इति घ॥ , छ॥ च । शुक्तिमानृक्षपर्वत इति ज॥ २ नव भेदा भवन्त्यस्येति झ॥ ३ शक्तिमत इति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , झ॥ च :प् २२ लक्ष्ययोजनमनेन क्षीरोदेन समन्ततः
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe bhāratavarṣaṃ nāmāṣṭādaśādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || chapter {119} :ś athaikonaviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ mahādvīpādi agnir uvāca lakṣayojanavistāraṃ jambūdvīpaṃ samāvṛtam :n 1 śaktimānṛkṣaparvata iti gha.. , cha.. ca / śuktimānṛkṣaparvata iti ja.. 2 nava bhedā bhavantyasyeti jha.. 3 śaktimata iti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , jha.. ca :p 22 lakṣyayojanamanena kṣīrodena samantataḥ
Thus ends the one hundred eighteenth chapter, called "The Land of Bhārata," in the glorious Agni Mahāpurāṇa. || Chapter 119. Now the one hundred nineteenth chapter: The Great Islands and so forth. Agni said: Jambūdvīpa, a hundred thousand yojanas in extent, is encompassed — [Variants: 1. "śaktimān ṛkṣaparvataḥ" in gha and cha; "śuktimān ṛkṣaparvataḥ" in ja; 2. "nava bhedā bhavanty asya" in jha; 3. "śaktimataḥ" in kha, ga, gha and jha.] [p. 22] — by this a hundred thousand yojanas, on every side by the ocean of milk.
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AgP 119.2
संवेष्ट्य क्षारमुदधिं प्लक्षद्वीपस् तथा स्थितः(१) सप्त मेधातिथेः पुत्राः प्लक्षद्वीपेश्वरास् तथा
saṃveṣṭya kṣāramudadhiṃ plakṣadvīpas tathā sthitaḥ(1) sapta medhātitheḥ putrāḥ plakṣadvīpeśvarās tathā
Having enclosed the salt ocean, Plakṣadvīpa stands thus. The seven sons of Medhātithi were likewise the lords of Plakṣadvīpa.
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AgP 119.3
स्याच्छान्तभयः शिशिरः सुखोदय इतः परः आनन्दश् च शिवः क्षेमो ध्रुवस्तन्नामवर्षकं
syācchāntabhayaḥ śiśiraḥ sukhodaya itaḥ paraḥ ānandaś ca śivaḥ kṣemo dhruvastannāmavarṣakaṃ
They were Śāntabhaya, Śiśira, Sukhodaya next after him, and Ānanda, Śiva, Kṣema and Dhruva; the regions bear their names.
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AgP 119.4
मर्यादाशैलो गोमेधश् चन्द्रो नारददुन्द्भी सोमकः सुमनाः शैलो वैभ्राजास्तज्जनाः शुभाः
maryādāśailo gomedhaś candro nāradadundbhī somakaḥ sumanāḥ śailo vaibhrājāstajjanāḥ śubhāḥ
The boundary mountains are Gomedha, Candra, Nārada, Dundubhi, Somaka, Sumanas and the mountain Vaibhrāja; the people born there are good.
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AgP 119.5
नद्यः प्रधानाः सप्तात्र प्लक्षाच्छाकान्तिकेषु च जीवनं पञ्चसास्रं धर्मो वर्णाश्रमात्मकः(२)
nadyaḥ pradhānāḥ saptātra plakṣācchākāntikeṣu ca jīvanaṃ pañcasāsraṃ dharmo varṇāśramātmakaḥ(2)
There are seven principal rivers there; and in (the islands) from Plakṣa up to Śāka the span of life is five thousand (years), and dharma consists of the classes and the stages of life.
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AgP 119.6
आर्यकाः कुरवश् चैव विविंशा भाविनश् च ते विप्राद्यास्तैश् च सोमो ऽर्च्यो द्विलक्षश्चाब्धिलक्षकः
āryakāḥ kuravaś caiva viviṃśā bhāvinaś ca te viprādyāstaiś ca somo 'rcyo dvilakṣaścābdhilakṣakaḥ
The Āryakas, the Kurus, the Viviṃśas and the Bhāvins — these are (there) the brahmins and the rest; and by them Soma is to be worshipped; (the island is) two hundred thousand, and the ocean likewise a hundred thousand.
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AgP 119.7
मानेनेक्षुरसोदेन वृतो द्विगुणशाल्मलः वपुष्मतः सप्त पुत्राः शाल्मलेशास् तथाभवन्
mānenekṣurasodena vṛto dviguṇaśālmalaḥ vapuṣmataḥ sapta putrāḥ śālmaleśās tathābhavan
Śālmala, twice as large, is encircled by the ocean of sugarcane juice of like measure. The seven sons of Vapuṣmat likewise became the lords of Śālmala.
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AgP 119.8
श्वेतो ऽथ हरितश् चैव जीमूतो लोहितः क्रमात् वैद्युतो मानसश् चैव सुप्रभो नाम वर्षकः
śveto 'tha haritaś caiva jīmūto lohitaḥ kramāt vaidyuto mānasaś caiva suprabho nāma varṣakaḥ
Then Śveta, Harita, Jīmūta, Lohita in order, Vaidyuta, Mānasa, and Suprabha — such are the names of the regions.
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AgP 119.9
द्विगुणो द्विगुणेनैव सुरोदेन समावृतः कुमुदश्चानलश् चैव(३) तृतीयस्तु वलाहकः
dviguṇo dviguṇenaiva surodena samāvṛtaḥ kumudaścānalaś caiva(3) tṛtīyastu valāhakaḥ
(The next island,) twice as large, is surrounded by the wine-ocean twice as large. (Its mountains are) Kumuda and Anala, and the third is Balāhaka,
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AgP 119.10
द्रोणः कंको ऽथ(४) महिषः ककुद्मान् सप्त निम्नगाः कपिलाश्चारुणाः पीताः कृष्णाःस्युर्ब्राह्मणादयः
droṇaḥ kaṃko 'tha(4) mahiṣaḥ kakudmān sapta nimnagāḥ kapilāścāruṇāḥ pītāḥ kṛṣṇāḥsyurbrāhmaṇādayaḥ
Droṇa, Kaṅka, Mahiṣa and Kakudmat; there are seven rivers. The tawny, the ruddy, the yellow and the black are (there) the brahmins and the rest.
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AgP 119.11
वायुरूपं यजन्ति स्म सुरोदेनायमावृतः(५) :न् १ द्वीपस् तथा स्मृत इति झ॥ २ वर्णाश्रमात्मज इति ख॥ , घ॥ , ज॥ च ३ कुमुदश्चोन्नतश् चैवेति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , ङ॥ च ४ कर्को ऽथेति क॥ ५ सुरोदेन समावृत इति घ॥ :प् २३ ज्योतिष्मतः कुशेशाः स्युरुद्गिजो धेनुमान् सुतः
vāyurūpaṃ yajanti sma surodenāyamāvṛtaḥ(5) :n 1 dvīpas tathā smṛta iti jha.. 2 varṇāśramātmaja iti kha.. , gha.. , ja.. ca 3 kumudaśconnataś caiveti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , ṅa.. ca 4 karko 'theti ka.. 5 surodena samāvṛta iti gha.. :p 23 jyotiṣmataḥ kuśeśāḥ syurudgijo dhenumān sutaḥ
They used to worship (the deity) in the form of Vāyu; this (island) is encircled by the wine-ocean. [Variants: 1. "dvīpas tathā smṛtaḥ" in jha; 2. "varṇāśramātmajaḥ" in kha, gha and ja; 3. "kumudaś connataś caiva" in kha, ga, gha and ṅa; 4. "karko 'tha" in ka; 5. "surodena samāvṛtaḥ" in gha.] [p. 23] The sons of Jyotiṣmat were the lords of Kuśa(dvīpa): Udbhida, Dhenumat,
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AgP 119.12
द्वैरथो लंवनो धैर्यः कपिलश् च प्रभाकरः विप्राद्या दधिमुख्यास्तु ब्रह्मरूपं यजन्ति ते
dvairatho laṃvano dhairyaḥ kapilaś ca prabhākaraḥ viprādyā dadhimukhyāstu brahmarūpaṃ yajanti te
Dvairatha, Lambana, Dhairya, Kapila, and Prabhākara — (these are the mountains); and the brahmins and the rest belonging to Dadhimukha (Śālmala) worship the form of Brahmā.
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AgP 119.13
विद्रुमो(१) हेमशैलश् च द्युतिमान् पुष्पवांस् तथा कुशेशयो हरिः शैलो वर्षार्थं मन्दराचलः
vidrumo(1) hemaśailaś ca dyutimān puṣpavāṃs tathā kuśeśayo hariḥ śailo varṣārthaṃ mandarācalaḥ
Vidruma, Hemaśaila, Dyutimān, and Puṣpavān, Kuśeśaya, Hari, Śaila, and Mandarācala are the mountains for the (seven) varṣas.
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AgP 119.14
वेष्टितो ऽयं घृतोदेन क्रौञ्चद्वीपेन सो ऽप्यथ क्रौञ्चेश्वराः द्युतिमतः पुत्रास्तन्नामवर्षकाः
veṣṭito 'yaṃ ghṛtodena krauñcadvīpena so 'pyatha krauñceśvarāḥ dyutimataḥ putrāstannāmavarṣakāḥ
This (island) is encircled by the ocean of ghee, and it in turn by Krauñcadvīpa. The lords of Krauñca are the sons of Dyutimān, and the varṣas bear their names.
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AgP 119.15
कुशलो मनोनुगश्चोष्णः प्रधानो ऽथान्धकारकः मुनिश् च दुन्दुभिः सप्त सप्त शैलाश् च निम्नगाः(२)
kuśalo manonugaścoṣṇaḥ pradhāno 'thāndhakārakaḥ muniś ca dundubhiḥ sapta sapta śailāś ca nimnagāḥ(2)
Kuśala, Manonuga, Uṣṇa, Pradhāna, then Andhakāraka, Muni, and Dundubhi — seven (of them); and (there are) seven mountains and rivers.
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AgP 119.16
क्रौञ्चश् च वाम्नश् चैव तृतीयश्चान्धकारकः(३) देववृत् पुण्डरीकश् च दुन्दुभिर्द्विगुणो मिथः
krauñcaś ca vāmnaś caiva tṛtīyaścāndhakārakaḥ(3) devavṛt puṇḍarīkaś ca dundubhirdviguṇo mithaḥ
Krauñca and Vāmana, and the third, Andhakāraka, Devavṛt, Puṇḍarīka, and Dundubhi — each twice the other.
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AgP 119.17
द्वीपा द्वीपेषु ये शैला यथा द्वीपानि ते तथा पुष्कराः पुष्कला धन्यास्तीर्था(४) विप्रादयो हरिम्
dvīpā dvīpeṣu ye śailā yathā dvīpāni te tathā puṣkarāḥ puṣkalā dhanyāstīrthā(4) viprādayo harim
The islands, and the mountains that are in the islands, are (in size) just as the islands are. Puṣkara, Puṣkala, Dhanya, Tīrtha — the brahmins and the rest — (worship) Hari.
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AgP 119.18
यजन्ति क्रौञ्चद्वीपस्तु दधिमण्डोदकावृतः संवृतः शाकद्वीपेन हव्याच्छाकेश्वराः सुताः
yajanti krauñcadvīpastu dadhimaṇḍodakāvṛtaḥ saṃvṛtaḥ śākadvīpena havyācchākeśvarāḥ sutāḥ
(Thus) they worship. And Krauñcadvīpa is encircled by water of curd-whey, and enclosed by Śākadvīpa; the sons of Havya are the lords of Śāka.
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AgP 119.19
जलदश् च कुमारश् च सुकुमारो मणीवकः कुशोत्तरथो मोदाकी द्रुमस्तन्नामवर्षकाः
jaladaś ca kumāraś ca sukumāro maṇīvakaḥ kuśottaratho modākī drumastannāmavarṣakāḥ
Jalada, Kumāra, Sukumāra, Maṇīvaka, Kuśottaratha, Modākī, and Druma — the varṣas are named after them.
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AgP 119.20
उदयाख्यो जलधरो रैवतः श्यामकोद्रकौ आम्विकेयस् तथा रम्यः केशरी सप्त निम्नगाः
udayākhyo jaladharo raivataḥ śyāmakodrakau āmvikeyas tathā ramyaḥ keśarī sapta nimnagāḥ
The one called Udaya, Jaladhara, Raivata, Śyāmaka and Odraka, and also Āmbikeya, Ramya, Keśarī — (and) seven rivers.
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AgP 119.21
:न् १ रुद्राभ इति क॥ । विक्रम इति ख॥ , छ॥ च २ कुशल इत्य् आदिः, निम्नगा इत्य् अन्तः पाठो झ॥ पुस्तके नास्ति ३ तृतीयश्चानुकारक इति घ॥ , झ॥ च ४ पुष्कलावत्यां तीर्था इति घ॥ :प् २४ मगा मगधमनस्या(१) मन्दगाश् च द्विजातयः(२) यजन्ति सूर्यरूपं तु(३) शाकः क्षीराब्धिना वृतः
:n 1 rudrābha iti ka.. / vikrama iti kha.. , cha.. ca 2 kuśala ity ādiḥ, nimnagā ity antaḥ pāṭho jha.. pustake nāsti 3 tṛtīyaścānukāraka iti gha.. , jha.. ca 4 puṣkalāvatyāṃ tīrthā iti gha.. :p 24 magā magadhamanasyā(1) mandagāś ca dvijātayaḥ(2) yajanti sūryarūpaṃ tu(3) śākaḥ kṣīrābdhinā vṛtaḥ
[textual notes: 'rudrābha' in ka; 'vikrama' in kha and cha; the passage from 'kuśala' to 'nimnagāḥ' is absent in the jha manuscript; 'tṛtīyaścānukāraka' in gha and jha; 'puṣkalāvatyāṃ tīrthā' in gha. p. 24] The Magas, the Magadhas, the Mānasas and the Mandagas are the twice-born (classes) there; they worship the form of the Sun. Śāka is encircled by the ocean of milk.
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AgP 119.22
पुष्करेणावृतः सो ऽपि द्वौ पुत्रौ सवनस्य च मसावीतो धातकिश् च वर्षे द्वे नामचिह्निते(४)
puṣkareṇāvṛtaḥ so 'pi dvau putrau savanasya ca masāvīto dhātakiś ca varṣe dve nāmacihnite(4)
That one too is encircled by Puṣkara. And Savana had two sons, Mahāvīta and Dhātaki; the two varṣas are marked with their names.
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AgP 119.23
एको ऽद्रिर्मानसाख्यो ऽत्र मध्यतो वलयाकृतिः योजनानां सहस्राणि विस्तारोच्छ्रायतः समः
eko 'drirmānasākhyo 'tra madhyato valayākṛtiḥ yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi vistārocchrāyataḥ samaḥ
Here there is a single mountain called Mānasa, ring-shaped, in the middle, (measuring) thousands of yojanas, equal in breadth and in height.
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AgP 119.24
जीवनं दशसाहस्रं सुरैर् ब्रह्मात्र पूज्यते स्वादूदकेनोदधिना वेष्टितो द्वीपमानतः
jīvanaṃ daśasāhasraṃ surair brahmātra pūjyate svādūdakenodadhinā veṣṭito dvīpamānataḥ
(Their) life is ten thousand (years); there Brahmā is worshipped by the gods. It is encircled by the ocean of sweet water, (which is) of the measure of the island.
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AgP 119.25
ऊनातिरिक्तता चापां समुद्रेषु न जायते उदयास्तमनेष्विन्दोः पक्षयोः शुक्लकृष्णयोः
ūnātiriktatā cāpāṃ samudreṣu na jāyate udayāstamaneṣvindoḥ pakṣayoḥ śuklakṛṣṇayoḥ
And in the oceans no deficiency or excess of the waters occurs at the risings and settings of the moon, in the bright and the dark fortnights.
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AgP 119.26
दशोत्तराणि पञ्चैव(५) अङ्गुलानां शतानि वै अपां वृद्धिक्षयौ दृष्टौ सामुद्रीणां(६) महामुने
daśottarāṇi pañcaiva(5) aṅgulānāṃ śatāni vai apāṃ vṛddhikṣayau dṛṣṭau sāmudrīṇāṃ(6) mahāmune
Five hundred and ten fingers' (breadth) — such is the observed increase and decrease of the ocean waters, O great sage.
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AgP 119.27
स्वादूदका बहुगुणा(७) भूर्हैमी जन्तुवर्जिता लोकालोकस्ततः शैलो योजनायुतविस्तृतः
svādūdakā bahuguṇā(7) bhūrhaimī jantuvarjitā lokālokastataḥ śailo yojanāyutavistṛtaḥ
(Beyond that) the sweet-watered (ocean); the earth (there) has many qualities, is golden, and free of living creatures. Beyond that is the mountain Lokāloka, ten thousand yojanas in breadth.
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AgP 119.28
लोकालोकस्तु तमसावृतो ऽथाण्डकटाहतः भूमिः साण्डकटाहेन पञ्चाशत्कोटिविस्तरा(८)
lokālokastu tamasāvṛto 'thāṇḍakaṭāhataḥ bhūmiḥ sāṇḍakaṭāhena pañcāśatkoṭivistarā(8)
Lokāloka is covered with darkness, and then (extends) as far as the shell of the egg. The earth, together with the egg-shell, is fifty crore (yojanas) in extent.
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